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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Deadly Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda has health officials on high alert

2024-10-05

[FoxNews] There are currently no treatments or vaccines for the highly fatal Ebola-like virus

Amid reports of a deadly viral outbreak in Central Africa, researchers are reportedly scrambling to develop treatments and vaccines to combat the Marburg virus.

As of Sept. 30, 2024, the country of Rwanda — which is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo — has reported 27 cases of the virus and nine subsequent deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Most of the cases have affected health care workers at two health facilities in the city of Kigali, the same source stated.

The patients are being cared for in hospitals, as noted by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Sept. 29.

"Contact tracing is underway, with 300 contacts under follow-up," WHO stated.

This is the first time the Marburg virus has been reported in Rwanda.

WHAT IS THE MARBURG VIRUS?
Similar to Ebola, Marburg is a "rare but severe hemorrhagic fever" that can cause "serious illness and death," with a 20% to 90% fatality rate.

There have not been any confirmed cases in the United States, and the CDC says the risk of infection in the country is low.

"It is highly fatal in humans and there is no treatment — and unlike Ebola, there is no vaccine," Dr. Marc Siegel, senior medical analyst for Fox News and clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, told Fox News Digital.

"It is very similar to Ebola in that it causes hemorrhagic fever," he added.

Marburg is "difficult to catch," Siegel noted, as it requires close contact with bodily secretions.
Wasn't a big Ebola issue with the ritual washing of the bodies before burial? Same here?

Posted by:Skidmark

#7 Watch Bidet/Cameltoe bring a couple thousand infected Rwandans here.

Posted by: Chesney Ebbulet5962 2024-10-05 15:03

#6 Is this one stamped "Made in China" also?

Anyone been to Wuhan recently?

When do they cancel the election?

Posted by: alanc 2024-10-05 11:06

#5 ^ Passengers suspected of having deadly 'eye-bleeding' Marburg virus force closure of major German station

Posted by: Skidmark 2024-10-05 09:57

#4 Wasn't there a post here in the past couple of days about a pair of travelers from that area being stopped in Germany because of "bleeding from the eyes"? Gotta love that "interconnected world" thing.

Posted by: Mercutio 2024-10-05 09:42

#3 Grom - - Bill Gates funded Cepi and Gavi.
Cepi and Gavi made the COVAX facility
COVAX has shaken down billions out of your government and other developed nations.
COVAX has stolen $12 billion of our taxes since 2020 according to their website.

With that money they are building a web of mRNA factories around the developing world including Africa.

This is vaccine colonialism, to establish a scientific elite (the one eisenhower warned about in his Military Industrial Complex speech) that Bill Gates and friends can control

So yes- locally they will be "researching" and the only answer will be mRNA which will kill and injure a stack of people

Posted by: Anon1 2024-10-05 06:07

#2 If Bill Gates tries to fly in on his private jet, shoot the f**ker down

Posted by: Anon1 2024-10-05 06:04

#1 Amid reports of a deadly viral outbreak in Central Africa, researchers are reportedly scrambling to develop treatments and vaccines to combat the Marburg virus.

Local researchers?

Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-10-05 02:43

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